Ricoh Aficio G700 Competitive Comparison
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Page 1: Competitive Analysis
G700 & G500 THE RICOH AFICIO G700 & G500 HYBRID COLOR PRINTER Competitive Analysis Ricoh Aficio G700 & G500 Entry-level Color Printers for Business featuring technology the fast, affordable printing innovation for business color users... - Page 2 AFICIO G700 & G500 This guide is intended solely for the use and information of Ricoh Corporation, its designated agents, and their employees. The information in this guide was obtained from several different sources that are deemed reliable by all industry standards. To the best of our knowledge, this information is accurate in all respects.
- Page 3 C O M P E T I T I V E A N A LY S I S The G700 and G500 represent a new class of color printer from Ricoh. In fact, GelSprinter technology is so new that it falls into a small but growing product category called Business Inkjet. Currently only Hewlett-Packard and Canon offer color inkjet models that can be classified as Business Inkjet (BIJ) printers, and Canon’s latest models are not yet available here in the United States.
- Page 4 In truth, there aren’t many other Business Inkjet printers to compete against—the category is simply too new. The following pages will review how Ricoh’s new printers stack up against the leading BIJ models from HP, as well as a representative of color laser and typical inkjet printers. Please note that speed and CPP can vary greatly with inkjet printers as a function of the selected print mode/ resolution, image patterns, and page coverage.
- Page 5 $32 for Black, $31 for Cyan, and $36 for Magenta and Yellow (although yields are not equivalent). However, these print heads are designed to last for the life of the printer and never need replacement. HP publishes a life of 16,000 pages for the Black print head, and 24,000 pages for each of C/M/Y print head.
- Page 6 AFICIO G700 & G500 Feature/Specification Suggested Retail Price Fastest Print Speeds Printer Technology Warm-up Time First Print Time B&W/Full-color Monthly Volume (Max.) Controller Type / Speed Std./Max. Memory (RAM) Standard Interfaces Optional Interfaces Resolution (dpi) Unenhanced/Minimal: Enhanced/Maximum: Print Drivers & PDL Support...
- Page 7 And like the 1200 Series, the same questions regarding image quality for two-sided prints arise. Just because an inkjet printer is fast doesn’t mean that it is better suited for everyday business color printing applications, especially duplexing. Additionally, remember to highlight the printers’...
- Page 8 AFICIO G700 & G500 Feature/Specification Suggested Retail Price Fastest Print Speeds Printer Technology Warm-up Time First Print Time B&W/Full-color Monthly Volume (Max.) Controller Type / Speed Std./Max. Memory (RAM) Standard Interfaces Optional Interfaces Resolution (dpi) Unenhanced/Minimal: Enhanced/Maximum: Print Drivers & PDL Support...
- Page 9 3000 Series is $149). For the incremental $299 the customer gets a Macintosh-compatible printer operating at 18/21-ppm printer with 72MB more RAM, a Parallel interface, and dual processors. For the typical small workgroup/SOHO customer this seems like overkill. The G700 represents a more rightsized, affordable solution for these cost-conscious customers.
- Page 10 AFICIO G700 & G500 Feature/Specification Suggested Retail Price Fastest Print Speeds Printer Technology Warm-up Time First Print Time B&W/Full-color Monthly Volume (Max.) Controller Type / Speed Std./Max. Memory (RAM) Standard Interfaces Optional Interfaces Resolution (dpi) Unenhanced/Minimal: Enhanced/Maximum: Print Drivers & PDL Support...
- Page 11 CMY Drum Yield 5,000 pages Not only are the CPP factors for the HP CLJ 2550 higher than for Ricoh solutions, but after every 4,000 color prints the customer must spend $297 to replace three color toner units, and then another $83 for the Black cartridge shortly thereafter.
- Page 12 AFICIO G700 & G500 Feature/Specification Suggested Retail Price Fastest Print Speeds Printer Technology Warm-up Time First Print Time B&W/Full-color Monthly Volume (Max.) Controller Type / Speed Std./Max. Memory (RAM) Standard Interfaces Optional Interfaces Resolution (dpi) Unenhanced/Minimal: Enhanced/Maximum: Print Drivers & PDL Support...
- Page 13 Windows or Mac computer, and begin printing. The standard 100-sheet paper supply is sufficient, networking is not required, duplexing is not supported, and the high monthly print volume is not necessary. This class of printer is best suited for home and photo printing.
- Page 14 AFICIO G700 & G500 Feature/Specification Suggested Retail Price Fastest Print Speeds Printer Technology Warm-up Time First Print Time B&W/Full-color Monthly Volume (Max.) Controller Type / Speed Std./Max. Memory (RAM) Standard Interfaces Optional Interfaces Resolution (dpi) Unenhanced/Minimal: Enhanced/Maximum: Print Drivers & PDL Support...